ora'

ut my mind remained fixated

rdo R

ignificant. The way the other teachers had gone silent when the suited man

this R

name make the

casting the city in warm golds and deep shadows. As I stepped outside, the cool evening air br

n't a

ea. People walked along the sidewalk, ca

I saw

n an impossibly expensive suit, stood the mo

His sharp jawline and piercing blue eyes gave him an air of effortless dominance, but

m

t need

eady

Riccard

's u

all day now had a face. A d

d and controlled, and before I cou

elt delibera

d just inches away, close enough that I c

e smooth velvet wrapped around steel. "I h

arning note in his

t I forced myself to meet his

curved his lips, an

h something dangerous. "You

stray lock of hair from my face, th

his voice laced with something I couldn'

ran down

back. I should have pr

s gaze, trapped in a st

cardo Romano didn't let h

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ardo'

was even mor

hat, I saw something else-uncertainty. A girl wh

what kind of man had ju

at the warning. I sh

e, lips parted, breath unsteady..

nted

Romano wanted so

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